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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1963
Page
3
The essay notes a Friday afternoon wind storm hit the city and eastern sections with no severe weather warning. It argues warnings erode belief when no disaster follows yet underscores the danger of sudden storms. Property damage occurred with near misses, but no casualties.
An editorial laments nationwide rise in crime and prosecutorial failures. It argues law enforcement morale suffers when arrests are dismissed or downgraded by county attorneys, predicting more such outcomes and noting jurists’ reluctance to pursue cases, with close scrutiny of three DUI convictions in lower courts.
Hal Boyle notes that the average bridegroom is about 24 years older than his bride now, up from four years in 1900, and adds a quirky mix of notes on cats displaced by city razing, drinkers vs abstainers, the Greek national anthem, long words, and other tidbits.
The notice lists monthly and yearly subscription prices for home and mail delivery across multiple counties and addresses, with carrier options and student discounts. It references Associated Press rights and local reproduction terms, indicating payment and postal handling specifics.
Drew Pearson reports that after the Supreme Court ruling upholding the railroads’ right to end featherbedding, railroad and union negotiators led by mediator Jim Reynolds achieved no progress as talks expire at midnight. Kennedy may seek compulsory or voluntary arbitration to avert a strike, while labor leaders back him for 1964.
A column discusses baby shoe timing, blood donation ethics, and a Wichita area Bloodmobile drive at Presbyterian church. It notes blood typing and donor health exams, urges more donors for Wednesday, and adds light local notes about typewriter woes, millers, mosquitoes, and crickets around town.
President Kennedy’s upcoming Europe visit faces sharp critique as poorly prepared and potentially risky. He will meet Adenauer and Erhard in Germany, visit Ireland, Britain, and Italy, but France is skipped. Domestic civil rights crises loom, possibly shaping 1964 politics with Southern and Northern voters split. Uncertainty mounts over UK Prime Minister Macmillan, a new pope in Italy, and coalition talks in Italy amid a tense transatlantic climate.
An all white jury convicted nine Black Muslim sect members for a riot in downtown Los Angeles on April 27, 1962. One Negro was killed, six other Negroes wounded, and seven police officers injured. Two were acquitted, two others undecided but one conviction entered on a partial verdict. Sentencing set for July 16. Rev. John Henry Morris and Raymond Dewayne Willey were acquitted.
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